Battle.net Facebook Integration

This morning Blizzard release a press release that is rather interesting. The new Battle.net, which will be released with the upcoming release of StarCraft II: Wings of Liberty, will feature Facebook integration.

This is not especially surprising—clearly the functionality is intended to make it easy to connect and add friends through Facebook to your Battle.net friends list. According to the press release, this should be popping up on the beta test client in the near future.

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Comment by Muoumon

Comment by lokithor

Battle.net is gonna take over farmville and nerf withering so casuals can get free crops

Comment by Cojones238

on 2010-05-05T12:32:19-05:00

Ewww

Comment by Pwntiff

on 2010-05-05T12:33:19-05:00

Yeah...I'd rather the people I know through Facebook not realize how addicted to Blizzard I am >.>

Comment by fewyn

on 2010-05-05T12:35:06-05:00

Yeah...I'd rather the people I know through Facebook not realize how addicted to Blizzard I am >.>

Then.... don't link them? Not like it's going to be forced or anything.

Comment by lokithor

on 2010-05-05T12:35:51-05:00

lol you don't have to do it

Comment by Pwntiff

on 2010-05-05T12:36:43-05:00

Yeah...I'd rather the people I know through Facebook not realize how addicted to Blizzard I am >.>

Then.... don't link them? Not like it's going to be forced or anything.

Well, I also only have 3 FB friends that play Blizzard games...and they're already in my Steam list, Vent, and IRL friends. So it's not a useful feature to me.

EDIT: The same reason I never did the Armory thing for Facebook. Only 2 or 3 of my FB friends would care.

Comment by Lakjow

on 2010-05-05T12:46:39-05:00

I hate Farmvile...

Comment by louisrcasper

on 2010-05-05T12:53:49-05:00

Yeah...I'd rather the people I know through Facebook not realize how addicted to Blizzard I am >.>

I for one could care less who thinks what about me or my actions. I'm 30 years old, married and father of one. If people on my Facebook friends list would judge me on the fact that I enjoy playing a computer game, then I don't want them on that list, or perhaps even in my life. Not because I'm addicted to the game and I think it's more important, but because I don't think it's grounds to pass judgement on me in any way.

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Comment by Meggie

on 2010-05-05T13:03:12-05:00

Yeah...I'd rather the people I know through Facebook not realize how addicted to Blizzard I am >.>

I for one could care less who thinks what about me or my actions. I'm 30 years old, married and father of one. If people on my Facebook friends list would judge me on the fact that I enjoy playing a computer game, then I don't want them on that list, or perhaps even in my life. Not because I'm addicted to the game and I think it's more important, but because I don't think it's grounds to pass judgement on me in any way.

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If you won't give me 500 gold I'll inform your wife.

Comment by Queggy

on 2010-05-05T13:17:55-05:00

Battle.net is gonna take over farmville and nerf withering so casuals can get free crops

Win.

Comment by Scaurus

on 2010-05-05T13:19:44-05:00

With all of the privacy/security problems Facebook seems to have, I'm wary to go along with this.Plus, if I blow off raid one night, but play around on Facebook, I don't want my Guild Leader to know I was there. ;)

Comment by Interest

on 2010-05-05T13:55:12-05:00

Battle.net is gonna take over farmville and nerf withering so casuals can get free crops

I lol'd.

Comment by Gnub

on 2010-05-05T14:02:47-05:00

Looking forward to seeing how it'll fan out.

Also:

Gnub likes this.

Comment by sYs73m

on 2010-05-05T14:50:10-05:00

Battle.net is gonna take over farmville and nerf withering so casuals can get free crops

Win.

Comment by BitHawk

on 2010-05-05T15:31:33-05:00

You like this

Comment by TomatoSauce

on 2010-05-05T15:41:29-05:00

Battle.net is gonna take over farmville and nerf withering so casuals can get free crops

My mother's a semi casual farmviller. This would help.

Comment by Furyhunter

on 2010-05-05T16:47:14-05:00

Already saw this coming!

Comment by Shigy

on 2010-05-05T22:05:33-05:00

Sounds good

I worry a little about the human race when the copyright and other legal mumbo jumbo is longer than the press release.

Comment by Shigy

on 2010-05-05T22:08:51-05:00

With all of the privacy/security problems Facebook seems to have, I'm wary to go along with this.Plus, if I blow off raid one night, but play around on Facebook, I don't want my Guild Leader to know I was there. ;)

ummm so don't make up bull&*!@ to get out a raid? Just tell them your not up to it tonight...or at least come up with a reason you need to be on facebook but can't raid...actually who ditches wow for facebook?